Venezuela

Venezuela does not have any volcanoes in the country. However, the nearest volcanoes to Venezuela are the St. Catherine volcano which is above Venezuela in the West Indies, Grenada. Other volcanoes that are near Venezuela are located consecutively in Colombia which is next to Venezuela. Although Venezuela does not have any explosive volcanoes, it does have a few mud volcanoes which are located on the Orinoco Delta in Easter Venezuela. Mud volcanoes are small vents on the ground that discharge hot mud. They are not like other volcanoes because they neither produce lava and are not driven by magmatic activity. Due to the fact that Venezuela does not have any volcanoes, they do not prepare for volcano eruptions. However, they do warn people of tsunamis in the case underground volcanoes erupt which was the case in 2015 with the underwater Kick 'em Jenny volcano. References: Volcano Locations Mud Volcanoes in Venezuela Kick 'em Jenny Tsunami Alert

Seismicity is the occurrence or frequency of an earthquake in a region. Venezuela is known for having many earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and mudslides ; as shown on the picture above that depicts South America's hazard map. Venezuela has had many earthquakes over the years with  major earthquake being the Caracas earthquake of 1641. However, the most recent earthquake occurred on August 21 near the northern coast of Venezuela with a magnitude of 7.3. It was a powerful earthquake that was felt as far as Bogota, Colombia. The earthquake was felt for a minute and suffered 3 aftershocks.  After receiving damage from both the Caracas earthquake and a major mudslide in 1999, Venezuela has prepared for any disasters that would have come after. By collaborating with the American Red Cross they have come up with a disaster response plan and disaster preparedness. In the case of earthquakes, Venezuela took up a project for seismic response of reinforced concrete buildings. ...